Ward County Jail expansion moves ahead: Overcrowding leads to more fights, other western ND counties also mull jail options

Ward County Jail expansion moves ahead: Overcrowding leads to more fights, other western ND counties also mull jail options

Mike Nowatzki The Dickinson Press

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news MINOT — Putting two men in a double-bunked jail cell with a single toilet is bound to create some tension. And the line for the loo isn’t getting any shorter at the crowded Ward County Jail, where the headcount has skyrocketed with the region’s oil-driven population boom.
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MINOT — Putting two men in a double-bunked jail cell with a single toilet is bound to create some tension. And the line for the loo isn’t getting any shorter at the crowded Ward County Jail, where the headcount has skyrocketed with the region’s oil-driven population boom.